News of conflict

Israel says killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar in Gaza

17-10-2024 15:15 Israel announces it has killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar in Gaza, orchestrator of October 7 attacks.

Argentina condemns 'unjustified' Iranian attack on Israel

01-10-2024 22:13 President Javier Milei’s government condemns Iran's "unjustified and dangerous" missile attack against Israel, warning it could "escalate a conflict that threatens to project itself beyond the region and acquire a global dimension."

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Iran fires missiles at Israel in new Middle East escalation

01-10-2024 14:34 Iran's official news agency IRNA says Tehran has launched "a missile attack on Tel Aviv," Israel's commercial hub; Attacks come after Israeli raids against Iran-backed militants in Lebanon.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina rejects UN vote on 'unlawful' Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

18-09-2024 14:43 Prior to President Javier Milei's speech to the UN General Assembly this weekend, Argentina votes against non-binding resolution

JUDICIARY

Supreme Court tensions: Horacio Rosatti criticises Ricardo Lorenzetti

17-09-2024 15:36 During the annual dinner of Poder Ciudadano, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court once again aimed at his colleague. Before over 400 people, Rosatti claimed that “there is a social demand for transparency”.

POLITICS

Sandra Pettovello on war footing against Santiago Caputo

05-08-2024 13:56 In the corridors of Casa Rosada, tensions between Milei's Human Capital minister and the President's powerful spin doctor has come to light.

POLITICS

La Libertad Avanza in power: Luck of the faithful and uncomfortable allies

29-07-2024 18:14 Tensions between Javier Milei and Victoria Villarruel, points of agreement with Macrismo and the need for the libertarian party's seal to be represented across the country at polling booths in 2025.

by Rosario Ayerdi

POLITICS

Sychophants versus dissidents: Milei’s hard core faces internal criticism

25-07-2024 14:57 The battle with Vice-President Victoria Villarruel has triggered libertarian alarms. The difference with second line attacks. Can someone argue with and challenge President Milei?

by Ramón Indart

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

Despite diplomatic tension, Milei plans mid-June return to Spain

20-05-2024 16:29 While his diplomatic row with the Spanish government continues to rumble on, President Javier Milei’s staff are planning his return to Madrid next month after attending the G7 summit in Italy.

HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA

Buried clothes, bones and DNA help identify Colombia's missing

14-03-2024 12:42 Across Colombia, efforts have intensified to find, exhume, and identify those who have gone missing during the country's six decades of armed conflict.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages

06-03-2024 14:31 Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

War in Middle East

Mediators seek Gaza truce as United States calls for 'immediate ceasefire'

04-03-2024 13:04 Mediators in Cairo push towards a Gaza truce after the US, Israel's top ally, stepped up pressure for a halt in fighting and more aid to enter the besieged Palestinian territory.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

G20 finance ministers meet on world economy hit by crises, conflicts

28-02-2024 12:55 G20 finance ministers will meet Wednesday in Brazil, seeking ways to shore up a global economy whose nascent recovery is threatened by a raft of conflicts and crises, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

War in Gaza

Pressure mounts on Israel for Gaza ceasefire

13-02-2024 11:33 Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion into the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.

Milei in Israel

President Milei likens Hamas attack on Israel to the Holocaust

08-02-2024 12:20 Argentina's President Javier Milei on Thursday likened Hamas' attacks on southern Israel to the Holocaust after touring a kibbutz targeted in the October 7 raids.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Argentina to host Ukraine summit as Zelenskyy woos Global South

11-12-2023 11:48 Argentina agreed to host a summit with Latin American leaders early next year, says Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official.

Terrorism in Latin America

Hezbollah operations in South America: what we know

10-11-2023 18:42 Here is what we know – and don't – about Hezbollah's presence in South America, which the United States has called a major security risk.

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

Lula has a date with Zelenskyy in NYC despite past acrimony

19-09-2023 07:49 Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet on the sidelines of this week's UN General Assembly gathering in New York.

latin america

Lula sees global fatigue over Ukraine as he pushes for peace

19-07-2023 13:44 Brazil's Lula calls for peace as world grows weary of Ukraine conflict.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Casa Rosada pushes back after UBA speech by Ukraine's Zelenskyy

06-07-2023 19:22 Ukrainian leader delivers address via videoconference to students at the University of Buenos Aires, during which he called on Argentina to support Kyiv’s peace proposal and develop “closer relations” between nations.

FOOTBALL & POLITICS

Where football and politics mix: Chile's 'Palestino' football club

03-05-2023 22:12 Thousands of miles away from conflict in the Middle East in Santiago, Chile, Club Deportivo Palestino continue to fly the flag for the Palestinian cause.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Adviser to Lula met Putin to discuss peace talks for Ukraine

04-04-2023 10:37 An adviser to Brazil President Lula met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss opening peace negotiations with Ukraine, official in Brasilia confirms.

UKRAINE CONFLICT

Lula tells Zelenskyy he wants to help with Ukraine peace

03-03-2023 11:48 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva renews proposal for his country to take part in international mediation concerning Ukraine conflict.

EDITORIAL

The present is another country

25-02-2023 06:52 The government stance on Ukraine remains tentative, yet its diluted backtracking from previous tacit support for Russia, in tandem with the offers of Argentine citizenship to Nicaraguan dissidents, offers signs of the government recalibrating its foreign policy.

WAR IN UKRAINE: ONE YEAR ON

The Ukraine war in five chapters

24-02-2023 02:09 A timeline of the main developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine one year ago.

WAR IN UKRAINE: ONE YEAR ON

On the ground: Ukrainian village awaits another Russian attack

24-02-2023 02:09 The military back and forth in the disputed Donbas region has made everyday life hard for people in Yampil, which lies some 30 kilometres west of the Russian-controlled city of Kreminna.

FOREIGN POLICY

Back and forth: Argentina’s changing rhetoric on Russia's war in Ukraine

23-02-2023 23:47 President Alberto Fernández's administration has fluctuated in its stance on the conflict over the last 12 months, with increasing criticism of Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation.”

WAR IN UKRAINE: ONE YEAR ON

‘Ukraine will prevail’ – Zelenskyy marks anniversary of Ukraine war

23-02-2023 23:40 United Nations votes to demand Russia immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine, marking the one-year anniversary of the war with a call for a "just and lasting" peace.

WAR IN UKRAINE: ONE YEAR ON

US, Ukrainian envoys call on democracies to unite against Russian aggression

23-02-2023 17:11 US Ambassador to Argentina Marc Stanley marks one-year anniversary of war by calling for solidarity between countries challenging Russian aggression, as Ukrainian Chargé d'affaires demands renewed agricultural and energy sanctions against Moscow.

by Erica Davis

UKRAINE CONFLICT

Ukrainians in Argentina plan anti-war march to Russian Embassy

21-02-2023 16:56 Argentina is home to around 450,000 members of Ukrainian community, one of the largest diasporas in the world; Anti-war protesters to hold march this Friday to demonstrate against Russian aggression.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

40 nations urge Israel to lift 'punitive' sanctions on Palestinians

16-01-2023 23:01 Argentina among some 40 nations calling on Israel to lift sanctions it imposed on the Palestinian Authority earlier this month.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Children forced to grow up fast in Ukraine's frontline towns

26-12-2022 14:14 Children living on the frontline of Russia's invasion of Ukraine have to learn to manage unceasing stress, with experts warning of long-term disorders.

COLOMBIA

Colombia resumes talks with powerful ELN guerrilla group

23-11-2022 15:02 Dialogue is a push toward conciliation by President Gustavo Petro, who in August became Colombia's first-ever leftist leader, and who has vowed a less bellicose approach to ending violence wrought by armed groups.